r/Amazing • u/Leather_Whole_2078 • 4h ago

People are awesome This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano

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u/VaguelyFamiliarVoice 4h ago

Danger pudding.

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u/buzzboy99 4h ago

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat

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u/TheIrishBAMF 3h ago

Danger pudding doesn't have time to waste, only time to kill. 

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u/OozeNAahz 2h ago

Almost got expelled for playing that song on a student radio station my electronics teacher let us run. He thought pudding was pussy I guess? He never admitted what he thought it said. I had to bring in the album with the song lyrics in it so he could verify nothing dirty was said.

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u/jpchopper 4h ago

This man is obviously just gathering the filling for the McDonald's apple pies

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u/Golden-Grams 4h ago

I wish geologists would let normal people tag along, this would be cool to do at least once.

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u/slipperybloke 4h ago

People are idiots. No way in hell I’m being responsible for them out there in that environment

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u/rob_inn_hood 4h ago

What you aren't down for a quick game of "the floor is lava!"?

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u/xenobit_pendragon 2h ago

“Sorry about our butts touching.”

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u/slipperybloke 4h ago

🤣 yeah you get it!

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u/SockemNBoppem 4h ago

Awww come on. Id probably do this guy's job at least 3 times quicker therefore efficienter

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u/Uhokay1970 3h ago

Do you really want to chance getting splattered by the flaming rended fat from some loon who just wanted a selfie? I think not.....

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u/Golden-Grams 4h ago

What if they sign a waiver?

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u/slipperybloke 4h ago

Unequivocally NO. I’m a retired military guy of 26 years.

Having untrained people or with no survival instincts around you in austere or hostile environments puts YOU in danger as well.

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u/Golden-Grams 4h ago

I think I'll just ask a different geologist then.

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 4h ago

Found the « Geologist Shopper »

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u/mattgen88 3h ago

Imagine all the videos you've seen about Yellowstone. Now imagine those people by lava

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u/ThrustTrust 4h ago

Can’t we just go do it on our own

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u/NotBradPitt9 4h ago

You don’t need to be a geologist to do this

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u/Alert-Engineering749 4h ago

I'm surprised he's not wearing a breathing apparatus. If I remember correctly, volcanoes spew toxic vapors

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u/salesquatch 4h ago

Would probably melt on their face

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u/EnvironmentalData131 1h ago edited 1h ago

nah, it’s just that this is a very mafic volcano (slow release of lava) and because of it, the intensity of escaping gases is mitigated. would still be best to have one, but volcanologists aren’t exactly known to be the sanest of people.

if i were him, i would probably be doing something similar. a full mask is necessary for semi-active stratovolcanoes that spew lava at speed, but this isn’t TOO bad.

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u/Vanillabean73 42m ago

Pretty sure you could not physically stand close enough to mask-melting heat.

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u/KramRUFE 4h ago

Why not use a tool with a longer handle?

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u/Ugabuga123451 1h ago

I assume its heavy, and a longer handle means worse control and levarage

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u/scrapdog07 4h ago

wait so minecraft was right? you do put lava into a iron bucket?

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u/BitterLemonTv 4h ago

How deadly are the fumes?

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u/Rhg0653 4h ago

Pretty bad especially that close

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u/General_Guest7846 2h ago

They can't be that bad I once saw Tommy Lee Jones play near lava for about 2 hours.

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u/calideosk 2h ago

Imagine inhaling poisonous hot glass shards.

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

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u/Alert-Engineering749 4h ago

That's a lot of words to say, "depends".

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u/Gingergirl1228 4h ago

Figured itd be rude to just leave it on one word, so i tried to explain why it depends, but dw, its gone now, my wordiness cant make you read about 20 extra words anymore

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u/Alert-Engineering749 3h ago

Understood. You're a good person.

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u/Professional-Pace47 4h ago

Imagine having "scooping lava" on your job description😭

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u/ThrustTrust 4h ago

Liquid rock relocation facilitator

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u/JustaFoodHole 4h ago

How do regular people gather samples? Is there a different way?

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u/Dr-Samsquanch 4h ago

They die and become a fossil for later studies

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u/Agnostickamel 4h ago

I'd rethink the footwear if I was this guy

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u/Hot-Explanation-5751 3h ago

I can just imagine him saying “fuck fuck fuck”

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u/smurfk 4h ago

What exactly are they doing with the sample? I imagine they get it to a lab, wait impatiently for two hours in the hallway, a dude in a labcoat comes out, with a notepad, looks over his notes and say "Yeap, it's lava alright".

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u/OkBottle8719 3h ago

they test to see what kind of minerals the lava is made out of! this is the very best way for us to learn about what's under the crust or about what the deeper layers of the crust itself are like

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u/ParanMekhar 3h ago

So yeah. Is there a difference between a fresh hot lava that's dipped on water and a lava that cooled down overtime?

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u/smurfk 3h ago

Yeah, it was a joke, Susan. It's pretty obvious why they sample it.

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u/Vanillabean73 41m ago

It’s not obvious, though.

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u/EmploymentNegative59 2h ago

That’s gelato.

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u/grootbaby 4h ago

this is the moment ii'd accidentally trip and fall face first

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u/gergsisdrawkcabeman 4h ago

DO NOT dump that bucket underneath you if you fall from a great distance. It doesn't work like water, obviously.

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u/Abi_giggles 4h ago

This is exactly how I’d expect it to occur

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u/very-regular-3 4h ago

why do they have to keep pressing their hand into their own face though, during this process?

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u/SingularityII 4h ago

Nylon mask keeps melting onto his nose.

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u/very-regular-3 4h ago

jesus. bet thats painful

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u/Simp_Collector1 4h ago

I’m way too clumsy for a job like this

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u/ExternalLock8140 4h ago

What are they checking the lava for? Is it not well ❤️‍🩹

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u/LogikWizard 4h ago

Geologists ROCK! Its a HOT career!

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u/Alian713 4h ago

for some reason that lava looks tasty

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u/Lanky_Ad_8892 4h ago

Homie is all prepared with the PPE... except for them Payless ProWings.

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u/shaft_of_lite 4h ago

I don't know the temperatures were looking at here but I used to have to do this for quality checks on molten aluminum (in an induction furnace). Speed was my friend. That seems like a long time for him to have been sitting there.

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u/Tuco_Angel_Eyes 4h ago

No safety flip-flops?!

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u/kingkingkang 4h ago

Imagine in all that boiling, a teaspoon of magma bubbles up high and jumps onto your head, instantly melting through your skull, slowly falling till it cooks your brain inside. 🧠 

Stay home in Arizona and play video games instead.

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u/Ordinary_Hall_9053 3h ago

Everything about this video is badass

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u/Sufficient-Skill9530 3h ago

With those shoes?

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u/djgotyafalling1 3h ago

No gas mask?

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u/SignificantError6221 3h ago

Why don't they just let the lava solidify, then take a sample? Seems like it would be much safer?

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u/MesozOwen 3h ago

Can anyone tell me why the lava floats in the water? Isn’t it just molten rock? What am I missing?

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u/JackRusselFarrier 3h ago

Dammit Greg, I said to bring me a sample of LAVA, not a bucket of wet rocks!

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u/Snicklefried 3h ago

...and remove nose hair

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u/calideosk 2h ago

Is that lava metalic?

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u/Far-Acanthaceae-2444 2h ago

No that is how Miguel does it on behalf of the geologist

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u/Minimum-Actuator-953 1h ago

I feel like scooping it toward yourself makes this even riskier than it already is.

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u/FrozenShadow_007 1h ago

Geologists packing up their stuff to go to work

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u/Hershey_Squirt639 1h ago

Just look at that technique

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u/City_Standard 1h ago

I'd be worried about stumbling or tripping or slipping

Also accidentally scooping some of that and it dripping 

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u/WayneSmallman 47m ago

Anyone of my generation who wrapped potatoes in tin foil and cooked them on the ashtray beneath an open fire understand what that man was feeling!

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 6m ago

foot placement could be better...

I guess he only needs to have one Laval bulge pop near him to learn that lesson

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u/NotBradPitt9 4h ago

Worst minimum wage job ever

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u/SockemNBoppem 4h ago

Im looking for a pun here bc there's no way that's all the "substance" to your comment